Re: [PATCH 1/2 v3] eventfs: Remove eventfs_file and just use eventfs_inode
From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Mon Sep 18 2023 - 21:04:33 EST
On Tue, 19 Sep 2023 00:01:29 +0900
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Thanks for this great work!
Thanks!
> I have some questions below.
> I tried to understand this, but maybe some of them are pointless.
Sure.
>
> > Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > fs/tracefs/event_inode.c | 763 ++++++++++++++++++-----------------
> > fs/tracefs/event_show.c | 51 +--
> > fs/tracefs/inode.c | 2 +-
> > fs/tracefs/internal.h | 54 ++-
> > include/linux/trace_events.h | 2 +-
> > include/linux/tracefs.h | 29 +-
> > kernel/trace/trace.c | 7 +-
> > kernel/trace/trace.h | 4 +-
> > kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 315 ++++++++++-----
> > 9 files changed, 685 insertions(+), 542 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
> > index b23bb0957bb4..436250ee7786 100644
> > --- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
> > +++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
> > @@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
> > /*
> > * event_inode.c - part of tracefs, a pseudo file system for activating tracing
> > *
> > - * Copyright (C) 2020-23 VMware Inc, author: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > + * Copyright (C) 2020-23 VMware Inc, author: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > * Copyright (C) 2020-23 VMware Inc, author: Ajay Kaher <akaher@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > + * Copyright (C) 2023 Google, author: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > *
> > * eventfs is used to dynamically create inodes and dentries based on the
> > * meta data provided by the tracing system.
> > @@ -52,16 +53,9 @@ static const struct file_operations eventfs_file_operations = {
> > * @data: something that the caller will want to get to later on.
> > * @fop: struct file_operations that should be used for this file.
> > *
> > - * This is the basic "create a file" function for tracefs. It allows for a
> > - * wide range of flexibility in creating a file.
> > - *
> > - * This function will return a pointer to a dentry if it succeeds. This
> > - * pointer must be passed to the tracefs_remove() function when the file is
> > - * to be removed (no automatic cleanup happens if your module is unloaded,
> > - * you are responsible here.) If an error occurs, %NULL will be returned.
> > - *
> > - * If tracefs is not enabled in the kernel, the value -%ENODEV will be
> > - * returned.
> > + * This function creates a dentry that represents a file in the eventsfs_inode
> > + * directory. The inode.i_private pointer will point to @data in the open()
> > + * call.
> > */
> > static struct dentry *create_file(const char *name, umode_t mode,
> > struct dentry *parent, void *data,
> > @@ -77,6 +71,7 @@ static struct dentry *create_file(const char *name, umode_t mode,
> > if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!S_ISREG(mode)))
> > return NULL;
> >
> > + WARN_ON_ONCE(!parent);
>
> Don't you returns NULL in !parent too? (as same as above)
Oh, I believe I added that while debugging, but yeah, I could make it
return NULL too.
>
> > dentry = eventfs_start_creating(name, parent);
> >
> > if (IS_ERR(dentry))
> > @@ -101,20 +96,11 @@ static struct dentry *create_file(const char *name, umode_t mode,
> > * create_dir - create a dir in the tracefs filesystem
> > * @name: the name of the file to create.
> > * @parent: parent dentry for this file.
> > - * @data: something that the caller will want to get to later on.
> > - *
> > - * This is the basic "create a dir" function for eventfs. It allows for a
> > - * wide range of flexibility in creating a dir.
> > *
> > - * This function will return a pointer to a dentry if it succeeds. This
> > - * pointer must be passed to the tracefs_remove() function when the file is
> > - * to be removed (no automatic cleanup happens if your module is unloaded,
> > - * you are responsible here.) If an error occurs, %NULL will be returned.
> > - *
> > - * If tracefs is not enabled in the kernel, the value -%ENODEV will be
> > - * returned.
> > + * This function will create a dentry for a directory represented by
> > + * a eventfs_inode.
> > */
> > -static struct dentry *create_dir(const char *name, struct dentry *parent, void *data)
> > +static struct dentry *create_dir(const char *name, struct dentry *parent)
> > {
> > struct tracefs_inode *ti;
> > struct dentry *dentry;
> > @@ -131,7 +117,6 @@ static struct dentry *create_dir(const char *name, struct dentry *parent, void *
> > inode->i_mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRWXU | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO;
> > inode->i_op = &eventfs_root_dir_inode_operations;
> > inode->i_fop = &eventfs_file_operations;
> > - inode->i_private = data;
> >
> > ti = get_tracefs(inode);
> > ti->flags |= TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE;
> > @@ -144,18 +129,18 @@ static struct dentry *create_dir(const char *name, struct dentry *parent, void *
> > }
> >
> > /**
> > - * eventfs_set_ef_status_free - set the ef->status to free
> > + * eventfs_set_ei_status_free - remove the dentry reference from an eventfs_inode
> > * @ti: the tracefs_inode of the dentry
> > - * @dentry: dentry who's status to be freed
> > + * @dentry: dentry which has the reference to remove.
> > *
> > - * eventfs_set_ef_status_free will be called if no more
> > - * references remain
> > + * Remove the association between a dentry from an eventfs_inode.
> > */
> > -void eventfs_set_ef_status_free(struct tracefs_inode *ti, struct dentry *dentry)
> > +void eventfs_set_ei_status_free(struct tracefs_inode *ti, struct dentry *dentry)
> > {
> > struct tracefs_inode *ti_parent;
> > + struct eventfs_inode *ei_child, *tmp;
> > struct eventfs_inode *ei;
> > - struct eventfs_file *ef, *tmp;
> > + int i;
> >
> > /* The top level events directory may be freed by this */
> > if (unlikely(ti->flags & TRACEFS_EVENT_TOP_INODE)) {
> > @@ -166,9 +151,9 @@ void eventfs_set_ef_status_free(struct tracefs_inode *ti, struct dentry *dentry)
> > ei = ti->private;
> >
> > /* Record all the top level files */
> > - list_for_each_entry_srcu(ef, &ei->e_top_files, list,
> > + list_for_each_entry_srcu(ei_child, &ei->children, list,
> > lockdep_is_held(&eventfs_mutex)) {
> > - list_add_tail(&ef->del_list, &ef_del_list);
> > + list_add_tail(&ei_child->del_list, &ef_del_list);
> > }
>
> Do we really need to move all ei::children to ef_del_list (this must be
> ei_del_list)? Because we removed ei from ti->private under eventfs_mutex
> is locked, no one can access the ei::childrenn anymore?
Part of this is paranoia, just like why I set ti->private to NULL again. It
shouldn't be accessed, but just in case it is, I want to make sure it
doesn't cause any hard to find bugs. I rather have this than to chase down
some hard to find bug if this ever becomes not the case.
And I wanted to be consistent. As ei->children should only be iterated with
srcu or eventfs_mutex held. I really don't want to have that list iterated
without any locking.
Note, this is a slow path, where it's better to be safe than efficient.
>
> >
> > /* Nothing should access this, but just in case! */
> > @@ -177,11 +162,13 @@ void eventfs_set_ef_status_free(struct tracefs_inode *ti, struct dentry *dentry)
> > mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
> >
> > /* Now safely free the top level files and their children */
> > - list_for_each_entry_safe(ef, tmp, &ef_del_list, del_list) {
> > - list_del(&ef->del_list);
> > - eventfs_remove(ef);
> > + list_for_each_entry_safe(ei_child, tmp, &ef_del_list, del_list) {
>
> I mean now we can safely use ei->children here.
Like I said, I don't want to iterate it without a lock.
eventfs_remove_dir() grabs the eventfs_lock, so it can't be held during the
loop.
>
> > + list_del(&ei_child->del_list);
> > + eventfs_remove_dir(ei_child);
> > }
> >
> > + kfree_const(ei->name);
> > + kfree(ei->d_children);
> > kfree(ei);
> > return;
> > }
> > @@ -192,68 +179,162 @@ void eventfs_set_ef_status_free(struct tracefs_inode *ti, struct dentry *dentry)
> > if (!ti_parent || !(ti_parent->flags & TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE))
> > goto out;
> >
> > - ef = dentry->d_fsdata;
> > - if (!ef)
> > + ei = dentry->d_fsdata;
> > + if (!ei)
> > goto out;
> >
> > /*
> > - * If ef was freed, then the LSB bit is set for d_fsdata.
> > + * If ei was freed, then the LSB bit is set for d_fsdata.
> > * But this should not happen, as it should still have a
> > * ref count that prevents it. Warn in case it does.
> > */
> > - if (WARN_ON_ONCE((unsigned long)ef & 1))
> > + if (WARN_ON_ONCE((unsigned long)ei & 1))
> > goto out;
> >
> > + /* This could belong to one of the files of the ei */
> > + if (ei->dentry != dentry) {
> > + for (i = 0; i < ei->nr_entries; i++) {
> > + if (ei->d_children[i] == dentry)
> > + break;
> > + }
> > + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(i == ei->nr_entries))
> > + goto out;
> > + ei->d_children[i] = NULL;
> > + } else {
> > + ei->dentry = NULL;
> > + }
> > +
> > dentry->d_fsdata = NULL;
> > - ef->dentry = NULL;
> > -out:
> > + out:
> > + mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
> > +}
> > +
> > /**
> > - * create_dentry - helper function to create dentry
> > - * @ef: eventfs_file of file or directory to create
> > - * @parent: parent dentry
> > - * @lookup: true if called from lookup routine
> > + * create_dir_dentry - Create a directory dentry for the eventfs_inode
> > + * @ei: The eventfs_inode to create the directory for
> > + * @parent: The dentry of the parent of this directory
> > + * @lookup: True if this is called by the lookup code
> > *
> > - * Used to create a dentry for file/dir, executes post dentry creation routine
> > + * This creates and attaches a directory dentry to the eventfs_inode @ei.
> > */
> > static struct dentry *
> > -create_dentry(struct eventfs_file *ef, struct dentry *parent, bool lookup)
> > +create_dir_dentry(struct eventfs_inode *ei, struct dentry *parent, bool lookup)
> > {
> > bool invalidate = false;
> > - struct dentry *dentry;
> > + struct dentry *dentry = NULL;
> >
> > mutex_lock(&eventfs_mutex);
> > - if (ef->is_freed) {
> > - mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
> > - return NULL;
> > - }
> > - if (ef->dentry) {
> > - dentry = ef->dentry;
> > - /* On dir open, up the ref count */
> > + if (ei->dentry) {
> > + /* If the dentry already has a dentry, use it */
> > + dentry = ei->dentry;
> > + /* lookup does not need to up the ref count */
> > if (!lookup)
> > dget(dentry);
> > mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
> > @@ -261,42 +342,50 @@ create_dentry(struct eventfs_file *ef, struct dentry *parent, bool lookup)
> > }
> > mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
> >
> > + /* The lookup already has the parent->d_inode locked */
> > if (!lookup)
> > inode_lock(parent->d_inode);
> >
> > - if (ef->ei)
> > - dentry = create_dir(ef->name, parent, ef->data);
> > - else
> > - dentry = create_file(ef->name, ef->mode, parent,
> > - ef->data, ef->fop);
> > + dentry = create_dir(ei->name, parent);
> >
> > if (!lookup)
> > inode_unlock(parent->d_inode);
> >
> > mutex_lock(&eventfs_mutex);
> > - if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dentry)) {
> > - /* If the ef was already updated get it */
> > - dentry = ef->dentry;
> > +
> > + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dentry) && !ei->is_freed) {
> > + /*
> > + * When the mutex was released, something else could have
> > + * created the dentry for this e_dentry. In which case
> > + * use that one.
> > + *
> > + * Note, with the mutex held, the e_dentry cannot have content
> > + * and the ei->is_freed be true at the same time.
> > + */
> > + dentry = ei->dentry;
> > if (dentry && !lookup)
> > dget(dentry);
> > mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
> > return dentry;
> > }
> >
> > - if (!ef->dentry && !ef->is_freed) {
> > - ef->dentry = dentry;
> > - if (ef->ei)
> > - eventfs_post_create_dir(ef);
> > - dentry->d_fsdata = ef;
> > + if (!ei->dentry && !ei->is_freed) {
> > + ei->dentry = dentry;
> > + eventfs_post_create_dir(ei);
> > + dentry->d_fsdata = ei;
> > } else {
> > - /* A race here, should try again (unless freed) */
> > + /*
> > + * Should never happen unless we get here due to being freed.
> > + * Otherwise it means two dentries exist with the same name.
> > + */
> > + WARN_ON_ONCE(!ei->is_freed);
> > invalidate = true;
> >
> > /*
> > * Should never happen unless we get here due to being freed.
> > * Otherwise it means two dentries exist with the same name.
> > */
> > - WARN_ON_ONCE(!ef->is_freed);
> > + WARN_ON_ONCE(!ei->is_freed);
>
> Do we need to repeat this same WARN_ON_ONCE() again?
Nope. That probably happened from my many rebases I did no this code.
>
> > }
> > mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
> > if (invalidate)
> > @@ -308,50 +397,70 @@ create_dentry(struct eventfs_file *ef, struct dentry *parent, bool lookup)
> > return invalidate ? NULL : dentry;
> > }
> >
> > -static bool match_event_file(struct eventfs_file *ef, const char *name)
> > -{
> > - bool ret;
> > -
> > - mutex_lock(&eventfs_mutex);
> > - ret = !ef->is_freed && strcmp(ef->name, name) == 0;
> > - mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
> > -
> > - return ret;
> > -}
> > -
> > /**
> > * eventfs_root_lookup - lookup routine to create file/dir
> > * @dir: in which a lookup is being done
> > * @dentry: file/dir dentry
> > - * @flags: to pass as flags parameter to simple lookup
> > + * @flags: Just passed to simple_lookup()
> > *
> > - * Used to create a dynamic file/dir within @dir. Use the eventfs_inode
> > - * list of meta data to find the information needed to create the file/dir.
> > + * Used to create dynamic file/dir with-in @dir, search with-in @ei
> > + * list, if @dentry found go ahead and create the file/dir
> > */
> > +
> > static struct dentry *eventfs_root_lookup(struct inode *dir,
> > struct dentry *dentry,
> > unsigned int flags)
> > {
> > + const struct file_operations *fops;
> > + const struct eventfs_entry *entry;
> > + struct eventfs_inode *ei_child;
> > struct tracefs_inode *ti;
> > struct eventfs_inode *ei;
> > - struct eventfs_file *ef;
> > struct dentry *ret = NULL;
> > + const char *name = dentry->d_name.name;
> > + bool created = false;
> > + umode_t mode;
> > + void *data;
> > int idx;
> > + int i;
> > + int r;
> >
> > ti = get_tracefs(dir);
> > if (!(ti->flags & TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE))
> > return NULL;
> >
> > ei = ti->private;
>
> Just for make sure, can we access 'ti->private' safely here, because I saw
> eventfs_set_ef_status_free() modifies it under eventfs_mutex.
> I guess this is called with some inode reference so it is not removed.
> (but in that case, why we need eventfs_mutex in eventfs_set_ef_status_free()...?)
eventfs_mutex is used to protect modifying the list. srcu is used to
protect the iteration of the list.
This code is called via the vfs layer. Hmm, maybe I should take the eventfs_mutex() here:
idx = srcu_read_lock(&eventfs_srcu);
mutex_lock(eventfs_mutex);
ei = ti->private;
mutex_unlock(eventfs_mutex);
if (!ei)
goto out;
Just in case there's a way that ei can be deleted while the list is being walked.
Hmm.
>
> > + data = ei->data;
> > +
> > idx = srcu_read_lock(&eventfs_srcu);
> > - list_for_each_entry_srcu(ef, &ei->e_top_files, list,
> > + list_for_each_entry_srcu(ei_child, &ei->children, list,
> > srcu_read_lock_held(&eventfs_srcu)) {
> > - if (!match_event_file(ef, dentry->d_name.name))
> > + if (strcmp(ei_child->name, name) != 0)
> > continue;
> > ret = simple_lookup(dir, dentry, flags);
> > - create_dentry(ef, ef->d_parent, true);
> > + create_dir_dentry(ei_child, ei->dentry, true);
> > + created = true;
> > break;
> > }
> > +
> > + if (created)
> > + goto out;
> > +
> > + for (i = 0; i < ei->nr_entries; i++) {
> > + entry = &ei->entries[i];
> > + if (strcmp(name, entry->name) == 0) {
> > + void *cdata = data;
> > + r = entry->callback(name, &mode, &cdata, &fops);
> > + if (r <= 0)
> > + continue;
> > + ret = simple_lookup(dir, dentry, flags);
> > + create_file_dentry(ei, &ei->d_children[i],
> > + ei->dentry, name, mode, cdata,
> > + fops, true);
> > + break;
> > + }
> > + }
> > + out:
> > srcu_read_unlock(&eventfs_srcu, idx);
> > return ret;
> > }
> > @@ -363,11 +472,12 @@ static struct dentry *eventfs_root_lookup(struct inode *dir,
> > */
> > static int eventfs_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> > {
> > + struct eventfs_inode *ei_child;
> > struct tracefs_inode *ti;
> > struct eventfs_inode *ei;
> > - struct eventfs_file *ef;
> > struct dentry *dentry;
> > int idx;
> > + int i;
> >
> > ti = get_tracefs(inode);
> > if (!(ti->flags & TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE))
> > @@ -375,10 +485,18 @@ static int eventfs_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> >
> > ei = ti->private;
> > idx = srcu_read_lock(&eventfs_srcu);
> > - list_for_each_entry_srcu(ef, &ei->e_top_files, list,
> > + list_for_each_entry_srcu(ei_child, &ei->children, list,
> > srcu_read_lock_held(&eventfs_srcu)) {
> > mutex_lock(&eventfs_mutex);
> > - dentry = ef->dentry;
> > + dentry = ei_child->dentry;
> > + mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
>
> If someone add a directory via eventfs_create_dir() in parallel, is this
> local mutex_lock able to protect from that? (usually it may not happen.)
That would require an event being added and created at the same time. Not
sure that is possible.
We could try it?
>
> > + if (dentry)
> > + dput(dentry);
> > + }
> > +
> > + for (i = 0; i < ei->nr_entries; i++) {
> > + mutex_lock(&eventfs_mutex);
> > + dentry = ei->d_children[i];
> > mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
>
> Ditto. Maybe I'm misunderstanding how eventfs_mutex is used.
I'll have to go back and look at this part on why I had this. I think it
was to make sure ei->d_children existed. But it may also need a test too. I
don't remember. :-/
>
> > if (dentry)
> > dput(dentry);
> > @@ -390,94 +508,140 @@ static int eventfs_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> > /**
> > * dcache_dir_open_wrapper - eventfs open wrapper
> > * @inode: not used
> > - * @file: dir to be opened (to create its child)
> > + * @file: dir to be opened (to create it's children)
> > *
> > - * Used to dynamically create the file/dir within @file. @file is really a
> > - * directory and all the files/dirs of the children within @file will be
> > - * created. If any of the files/dirs have already been created, their
> > - * reference count will be incremented.
> > + * Used to dynamic create file/dir with-in @file, all the
> > + * file/dir will be created. If already created then references
> > + * will be increased
> > */
> > static int dcache_dir_open_wrapper(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> > {
> > + const struct file_operations *fops;
> > + const struct eventfs_entry *entry;
> > + struct eventfs_inode *ei_child;
> > struct tracefs_inode *ti;
> > struct eventfs_inode *ei;
> > - struct eventfs_file *ef;
> > - struct dentry *dentry = file_dentry(file);
> > + struct dentry *parent = file_dentry(file);
> > struct inode *f_inode = file_inode(file);
> > + const char *name = parent->d_name.name;
> > + umode_t mode;
> > + void *data;
> > int idx;
> > + int i;
> > + int r;
> >
> > ti = get_tracefs(f_inode);
> > if (!(ti->flags & TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE))
> > return -EINVAL;
> >
> > ei = ti->private;
> > + data = ei->data;
> > +
> > idx = srcu_read_lock(&eventfs_srcu);
> > - list_for_each_entry_srcu(ef, &ei->e_top_files, list,
> > + list_for_each_entry_srcu(ei_child, &ei->children, list,
> > srcu_read_lock_held(&eventfs_srcu)) {
> > - create_dentry(ef, dentry, false);
> > + create_dir_dentry(ei_child, parent, false);
> > + }
> > +
> > + for (i = 0; i < ei->nr_entries; i++) {
> > + void *cdata = data;
> > + entry = &ei->entries[i];
> > + name = entry->name;
> > + r = entry->callback(name, &mode, &cdata, &fops);
> > + if (r <= 0)
> > + continue;
> > + create_file_dentry(ei, &ei->d_children[i],
> > + parent, name, mode, cdata, fops, false);
> > }
> > srcu_read_unlock(&eventfs_srcu, idx);
> > return dcache_dir_open(inode, file);
> > }
> >
> > /**
> > * eventfs_remove - remove eventfs dir or file from list
> > - * @ef: eventfs_file to be removed.
> > + * @ei: eventfs_inode to be removed.
> > *
> > * This function acquire the eventfs_mutex lock and call eventfs_remove_rec()
> > */
> > -void eventfs_remove(struct eventfs_file *ef)
> > +void eventfs_remove_dir(struct eventfs_inode *ei)
> > {
> > - struct eventfs_file *tmp;
> > - LIST_HEAD(ef_del_list);
> > + struct eventfs_inode *tmp;
> > + LIST_HEAD(ei_del_list);
> > struct dentry *dentry_list = NULL;
> > struct dentry *dentry;
> > + int i;
> >
> > - if (!ef)
> > + if (!ei)
> > return;
> >
> > mutex_lock(&eventfs_mutex);
> > - eventfs_remove_rec(ef, &ef_del_list, 0);
> > - list_for_each_entry_safe(ef, tmp, &ef_del_list, del_list) {
> > - if (ef->dentry) {
> > - unsigned long ptr = (unsigned long)dentry_list;
> > -
> > - /* Keep the dentry from being freed yet */
> > - dget(ef->dentry);
> > -
> > - /*
> > - * Paranoid: The dget() above should prevent the dentry
> > - * from being freed and calling eventfs_set_ef_status_free().
> > - * But just in case, set the link list LSB pointer to 1
> > - * and have eventfs_set_ef_status_free() check that to
> > - * make sure that if it does happen, it will not think
> > - * the d_fsdata is an event_file.
> > - *
> > - * For this to work, no event_file should be allocated
> > - * on a odd space, as the ef should always be allocated
> > - * to be at least word aligned. Check for that too.
> > - */
> > - WARN_ON_ONCE(ptr & 1);
> > -
> > - ef->dentry->d_fsdata = (void *)(ptr | 1);
> > - dentry_list = ef->dentry;
> > - ef->dentry = NULL;
> > - }
> > - call_srcu(&eventfs_srcu, &ef->rcu, free_ef);
> > + eventfs_remove_rec(ei, &ei_del_list, 0);
> > +
> > + list_for_each_entry_safe(ei, tmp, &ei_del_list, del_list) {
> > + for (i = 0; i < ei->nr_entries; i++)
> > + unhook_dentry(&ei->d_children[i], &dentry_list);
> > + unhook_dentry(&ei->dentry, &dentry_list);
> > + call_srcu(&eventfs_srcu, &ei->rcu, free_ei);
> > }
> > mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
> >
> > @@ -783,8 +814,8 @@ void eventfs_remove(struct eventfs_file *ef)
> > mutex_lock(&eventfs_mutex);
> > /* dentry should now have at least a single reference */
> > WARN_ONCE((int)d_count(dentry) < 1,
> > - "dentry %p less than one reference (%d) after invalidate\n",
> > - dentry, d_count(dentry));
> > + "dentry %px (%s) less than one reference (%d) after invalidate\n",
> > + dentry, dentry->d_name.name, d_count(dentry));
>
> Do we need to check this? Even if someone can access to this dentry, it will
> use a dput(), so *that dput()* or *the below dput()* will release the dentry,
> doesn't it?
I triggered this warning a lot in my development, so I'd like to keep it!
>
>
> > mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
> > dput(dentry);
> > }
> > diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_show.c b/fs/tracefs/event_show.c
> > index 66dece7cc810..35e8f5d805ea 100644
> > --- a/fs/tracefs/event_show.c
> > +++ b/fs/tracefs/event_show.c
> > @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ static void *e_next(struct seq_file *m, void *v, loff_t *pos)
> > int level = elist->level;
> > struct list_head *head = elist->head[level];
> > struct list_head *next = elist->next[level];
> > - struct eventfs_file *ef;
> > + struct eventfs_inode *ei;
> >
> > (*pos)++;
> >
> > @@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ static void *e_next(struct seq_file *m, void *v, loff_t *pos)
> > elist->next[level] = next;
> > }
> >
> > - ef = list_entry(next, struct eventfs_file, list);
> > + ei = list_entry(next, struct eventfs_inode, list);
> >
> > /* For each entry (not at the bottom) do a breadth first search */
> > - if (ef->ei && !list_empty(&ef->ei->e_top_files) && level < 2) {
> > + if (!list_empty(&ei->children) && level < 2) {
> > elist->level = ++level;
> > - head = &ef->ei->e_top_files;
> > + head = &ei->children;
> > elist->head[level] = head;
> > next = head;
> > /*
> > @@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ static void *e_next(struct seq_file *m, void *v, loff_t *pos)
> > }
> >
> > elist->next[level] = next->next;
> > - return ef;
> > + return ei;
> > }
> >
> > static void *e_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
> > {
> > struct event_list *elist = m->private;
> > - struct eventfs_file *ef = NULL;
> > + struct eventfs_inode *ei = NULL;
> > loff_t l;
> >
> > mutex_lock(&eventfs_mutex);
> > @@ -72,25 +72,31 @@ static void *e_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
> > elist->next[0] = elist->head[0]->next;
> >
> > for (l = 0; l <= *pos; ) {
> > - ef = e_next(m, ef, &l);
> > - if (!ef)
> > + ei = e_next(m, ei, &l);
> > + if (!ei)
> > break;
> > }
> > - return ef;
> > + return ei;
> > }
> >
> > static int e_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
> > {
> > - struct eventfs_file *ef = v;
> > + struct eventfs_inode *ei = v;
> > + int i;
> >
> > - seq_printf(m, "%s", ef->name);
> > - if (ef->ei)
> > - seq_putc(m, '/');
> > + seq_printf(m, "%s", ei->name);
> >
> > - if (ef->dentry)
> > - seq_printf(m, " dentry: (%d)", d_count(ef->dentry));
> > + if (ei->dentry)
> > + seq_printf(m, " dentry: (%d)", d_count(ei->dentry));
> > seq_putc(m, '\n');
> >
> > + for (i = 0; i < ei->nr_entries; i++) {
> > + struct dentry *dentry = ei->d_children[i];
> > + if (dentry) {
> > + seq_printf(m, " %s dentry: %px (%d)\n",
> > + ei->entries[i].name, dentry, d_count(dentry));
> > + }
> > + }
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> > @@ -111,30 +117,25 @@ eventfs_show_dentry_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> > {
> > const struct seq_operations *seq_ops = &eventfs_show_dentry_seq_ops;
> > struct event_list *elist;
> > - struct tracefs_inode *ti;
> > struct eventfs_inode *ei;
> > - struct dentry *dentry;
> >
> > - /* The inode private should have the dentry of the "events" directory */
> > - dentry = inode->i_private;
> > - if (!dentry)
> > + /* The inode private should have the eventfs_inode of the "events" directory */
> > + ei = inode->i_private;
> > + if (!ei)
> > return -EINVAL;
> >
> > elist = __seq_open_private(file, seq_ops, sizeof(*elist));
> > if (!elist)
> > return -ENOMEM;
> >
> > - ti = get_tracefs(dentry->d_inode);
> > - ei = ti->private;
> > -
> > /*
> > * Start off at level 0 (/sys/kernel/tracing/events)
> > * Initialize head to the events files and next to the
> > * first file.
> > */
> > elist->level = 0;
> > - elist->head[0] = &ei->e_top_files;
> > - elist->next[0] = ei->e_top_files.next;
> > + elist->head[0] = &ei->children;
> > + elist->next[0] = ei->children.next;
> >
> > return 0;
> > }
> > diff --git a/fs/tracefs/inode.c b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
> > index 891653ba9cf3..34ffb2f8114e 100644
> > --- a/fs/tracefs/inode.c
> > +++ b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
> > @@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ static void tracefs_dentry_iput(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
> >
> > ti = get_tracefs(inode);
> > if (ti && ti->flags & TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE)
> > - eventfs_set_ef_status_free(ti, dentry);
> > + eventfs_set_ei_status_free(ti, dentry);
> > iput(inode);
> > }
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/tracefs/internal.h b/fs/tracefs/internal.h
> > index 461920f0133f..ea3b01c0971a 100644
> > --- a/fs/tracefs/internal.h
> > +++ b/fs/tracefs/internal.h
> > @@ -9,35 +9,36 @@ enum {
> > TRACEFS_EVENT_TOP_INODE = BIT(2),
> > };
> >
> > -struct eventfs_inode {
> > - struct list_head e_top_files;
> > +struct tracefs_inode {
> > + unsigned long flags;
> > + void *private;
> > + struct inode vfs_inode;
> > };
> >
> > /*
> > - * struct eventfs_file - hold the properties of the eventfs files and
> > - * directories.
> > - * @name: the name of the file or directory to create
> > - * @d_parent: holds parent's dentry
> > - * @dentry: once accessed holds dentry
> > - * @list: file or directory to be added to parent directory
> > - * @ei: list of files and directories within directory
> > - * @fop: file_operations for file or directory
> > - * @iop: inode_operations for file or directory
> > - * @data: something that the caller will want to get to later on
> > - * @mode: the permission that the file or directory should have
> > + * struct eventfs_inode - hold the properties of the eventfs directories.
> > + * @list: link list into the parent directory
> > + * @entries: the array of entries representing the files in the directory
> > + * @name: the name of the directory to create
>
> @children: link list into the child eventfs_inode
Thanks! This got chopped a few times during rebasing.
>
> > + * @dentry: the dentry of the directory
> > + * @d_parent: pointer to the parent's dentry
> > + * @d_children: The array of dentries to represent the files when created
> > + * @data: The private data to pass to the callbacks
> > + * @nr_entries: The number of items in @entries
> > */
> > -struct eventfs_file {
> > +struct eventfs_inode {
> > + struct list_head list;
> > + const struct eventfs_entry *entries;
> > const char *name;
> > - struct dentry *d_parent;
> > + struct list_head children;
> > struct dentry *dentry;
> > - struct list_head list;
> > - struct eventfs_inode *ei;
> > - const struct file_operations *fop;
> > - const struct inode_operations *iop;
> > + struct dentry *d_parent;
> > + struct dentry **d_children;
> > + void *data;
> > /*
> > * Union - used for deletion
> > - * @del_list: list of eventfs_file to delete
> > - * @rcu: eventfs_file to delete in RCU
> > + * @del_list: list of eventfs_inode to delete
> > + * @rcu: eventfs_indoe to delete in RCU
> > * @is_freed: node is freed if one of the above is set
> > */
> > union {
>
> Thank you,
>
Thank you for reviewing!
I'll need to send a v2.
I'll have to do that anyway, as Linus nacked the show_eventfs_dentries file :-(
-- Steve